Kratix
The open source framework for platform orchestration
- Also known as
- kratix
What is Kratix?
Kratix is an open-source platform engineering framework that enables platform teams to build and deliver platform capabilities consistently to developers, automation, and AI agents. It orchestrates lifecycle, policy, and fleet-wide management through a composable architecture based on Promises and Workflows.
Kratix pricing
We don't have Kratix's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Apache 2.0 licensed. Commercial scaling available via Syntasso.
What Kratix does
The capabilities that matter for internal developer platforms, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Portal vs orchestrator
- Orchestrator
- Software / service catalog
- ✓
- Self-service actions / golden paths
- ✓
- Templated service scaffolding
- -
- Production-readiness scorecards
- -
- Workload spec / infra abstraction
- ✓
- Drives infra provisioning
- ✓
- Plugin / extension ecosystem
- ✓
- Public API / webhooks
- ✓
- Cloud/CI/K8s/observability breadth
- Application Orchestrators, Ticketing Systems, Agentic AI, GitOps, Portals, APIs,
- RBAC + SSO/SAML/SCIM
- -
- Integrated tech docs
- ✓
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Self-hosted
Integrations (8)
Independently observed- Application Orchestrators
- Ticketing Systems
- Agentic AI
- GitOps
- Developer Portals
- APIs
- CLIs
- MCPs
Kratix alternatives
Other internal developer platforms we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- PortThe first vibe coding built for platform engineeringlow · 44%
- Configure8Internal Developer Portal for accelerating velocitylow · 34%
- BackstageAn open source framework for building developer portalslow · 39%
- MassdriverStop Struggling to Scale IaC Adoptionlow · 49%
- QoveryThe Agentic Infrastructure Platformmedium · 51%
- CortexMission control for the AI software factorymedium · 51%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Kratix, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 87 | 32.00 | 2775.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 10.00 | 1000.0 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 99 | 10.00 | 994.4 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 42 | 18.00 | 749.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 27 | 18.00 | 494.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 54 | 5.00 | 272.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 16.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 20 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 765 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"self","tech_docs":true,"api_access":true,"provisioning":true,"platform_shape":"orchestrator","plugin_ecosystem":true,"software_catalog":true,"integration_breadth":"Application Orchestrators, Ticketing Systems, Agentic AI, GitOps, Portals, APIs,","self_service_actions":true,"workload_abstraction":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 8 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |